Conus paranobilis

Conus paranobilis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conus paranobilis
Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. paranobilis
Binomial name
Conus paranobilis
Petuch, 1991

It is the type species of the extinct family Herndliconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2015

Distribution

This marine species is only known as a fossil from the Okeechobean Sea (Pliocene, Pleistocene).

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus paranobilis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847917 on 2015-11-14
  • Petuch E.J., Drolshagen M. & Herndl G. (2015). Cone shells of the Okeechobean Sea (Pliocene, Pleistocene). Harxheim: Conchbooks. 179 pp. page(s): 60


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